Singapore
Airlines will start pilot training for the Airbus A350 from December, ahead of
the delivery of its first plane in January/2016.
Source: Alexander Hassenstein
Up
to 100 pilots will be trained within the first 3 to 4 months, said the airline,
which has ordered 67 A350s, including 7 of the ultra-long-range variant that
will fly non-stop from Singapore to the United States.
Typically,
it takes about 10 days for a pilot currently flying an Airbus jet to be ready
to handle an A350.
Source: Alexander Hassenstein
Conversion
for pilots on the Boeing fleet requires about 25 days.
The
training for Singapore Airlines pilots will be conducted at the Airbus Asia
Training Centre (AATC) - a pilot school jointly owned by the carrier and the
European plane maker.
Source: Alexander Hassenstein
The
facility, currently operating out of SIA's training centre near Changi Airport,
will move to its new premises at Seletar Aerospace Park in the first quarter of
next year.
It
will eventually have 8 full flight simulators, including 3 A350s (1 available
as of today).
Based
on the article “SIA to start training Airbus 350 pilots here” published in The
Straits Times.
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